tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961755507909331714.post9066059784779698806..comments2023-03-31T22:19:22.464-07:00Comments on 8bitdream: Confirmed: The Bomb has been Droppedtacticshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926448506381879521noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961755507909331714.post-63856992311312730472010-06-21T15:22:20.169-07:002010-06-21T15:22:20.169-07:00To respond to my compatriot above, and to Eddie..
...To respond to my compatriot above, and to Eddie..<br /><br />RIP Dreamcast :(<br /><br />It still hurts to this day.<br /><br />I sincerely doubt myself that Sony, unless something inside drastically changes, will continue to be in the market. Having two consoles that preform in the same way is unnecessary despite.bitFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12911701773038402440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961755507909331714.post-25978286004239499412010-06-21T10:08:49.150-07:002010-06-21T10:08:49.150-07:00Eddie,
To respond to your second comment, I will ...Eddie,<br /><br />To respond to your second comment, I will point out a few important things:<br /><br />1) The number of units sold is only important when considering the profit made from those products to sharholders and investors. While the GameCube had "low" sales, Nintendo profited from every unit sold.<br /><br />2) The PlayStation 2 made Sony a considerable amount of money, which was then invested into research and development for the PlayStation 3. Sony decided to launch the PlayStation 3 as a "loss leader", meaning, the PlayStation 3 was sold at a loss when it first arrived to the market. Sony lost money for every unit sold.<br /><br />3) The PlayStation 3 still sells at a loss to this day. Even though the loss is much less than it was at launch, it is a loss of profits and therefore a liability to Sony's shareholders and investors still.<br /><br />4) The PlayStation 3 has notoriously cannibalized all profits ever made by Sony's video games department-- and then some. Every penny they made from the PS1 and PS2 generations are long gone, and the PlayStation 3 will never bring this division "into the black".<br /><br />5) The costs associated with the R&D for a new console are very high. <br /><br />6) Sony's investors and shareholders are likely pressuring Sony to "profit or bow out" of the market, because they are not interested in units sold-- only in profit.<br /><br />It is very unlikely at this point that Sony will continue in the video game market. They don't have the crazy amount of "disposable" income that Microsoft does, and with Sony's inability to compete in other markets where they were once strong (such as portable music players), it will soon be time for them to "refocus" their business model. A conglomerate like Sony can only survive by staying in markets where they have a strong foothold and have an opportunity to profit, and removing themselves from markets where they do not. <br /><br />The video game market is one of the markets where they no longer have a strong foothold with consumers and do not have an opportunity for profit at this time.tacticshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09926448506381879521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961755507909331714.post-69237573286296415092010-06-21T09:26:05.885-07:002010-06-21T09:26:05.885-07:00Hi Eddie,
Thank you for your comment! I'm hap...Hi Eddie,<br /><br />Thank you for your comment! I'm happy to elaborate on these things for you.<br /><br />I believe that the 3DS' 3D technology is superior to the 3D technology that Sony is using for a number of reasons:<br /><br />Sony is using shugger glasses to achieve their 3D effect. It darkens the screen, makes the graphics and resolution worse, and gives you headaches. Please read this article for more info on the downsides to shutter-glasses technology-- http://8bitdream.blogspot.com/2010/06/more-info-has-started-coming-in-on.html<br /><br />On top of that, Sony's technology is extremely expensive. In order to see the effect, you must buy a 3D television (which run upwards of 4k$ currently) as well as a pair of 3D shutter glasses for each person in your home (which run 150$ each).<br /><br />The 3D effect on the Nintendo DS does not share any of these issues. The screen is bright, you don't need glasses, and it is less likely to give you a headache because you're actually seeing 2 images at once (like in the movie theaters) rather than one-image-per-eye-at-a-time like shutter glasses.tacticshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09926448506381879521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961755507909331714.post-68849482450961300912010-06-21T03:32:42.007-07:002010-06-21T03:32:42.007-07:00Excellent article! Though there are two things I f...Excellent article! Though there are two things I found incorrect,<br /><br />1. "with the superior 3d technology on the 3ds." Ummm.. PS3's 3D is superior.. correct me if I'm wrong.<br /><br />2. "I sincerely believe that Sony will exit the video game market once the PS3 has run its course." What makes you say that? PS3 will sell around 75 -100 million easily. Gamecube sold 21 million. But Nintendo didn't exit the hardware market at all!Eddiehttp://www.nintendo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961755507909331714.post-74886284482981494882010-06-21T03:02:33.885-07:002010-06-21T03:02:33.885-07:00finally like minded guys. I have only just stumble...finally like minded guys. I have only just stumbled on your site by accident but I will be a regular. Loving the industry as a business and as a consumer and it's a shame allot of gamers dont look at things in the business. I missed out on investing on the wii even though like you guys I said it will go through the roof and stocks for Ninty was so low due to the Cube.I just checked their stock now and it's already gone up by 50p. <br /><br />glad to meet your acquaintance and if only more gamers could stop being mindless sheep. Nintendo are the purist.<br /><br />any info please e-amil me at a_adji@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961755507909331714.post-91595453257104247062010-06-20T18:07:47.858-07:002010-06-20T18:07:47.858-07:00Thanks for reading and commenting wiiboy101. I too...Thanks for reading and commenting wiiboy101. I too invested in nintendo shares before the Wii launched, and so did my Dad ;) <br /><br />Happy Father's day. I've always enjoyed reading your comments on various sites, and I thank you for commenting here.<br /><br />-"superfan" tactics.tacticshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09926448506381879521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961755507909331714.post-75454200136015962502010-06-20T16:26:20.196-07:002010-06-20T16:26:20.196-07:00hi wiiboy101 here just thougfht id read up what yo...hi wiiboy101 here just thougfht id read up what you had to say this generation has gone exactly to how sean malstrom has stated to the letter in the exact order he stated,it has also gone acording to plan to what cubeboy101 stated between 2003 and 2005 at cube advance.com and other doochbag so called gaming sites yes cubeboy is me i uped to the current gen witrh my new name wiiboy it also is a way of saying that wii/ds will be together one day as a hybrid console idea i even said if 3ds was the hybrid dont be supprised but alas it wasnt <br /><br />oh i invested heavily in nintendo in early 2005 i adviced people on gaming sites including cubeadvance to do the same (kombo.com the dooch site) i invested 33k uk pounds or there abouts i walked away with well over 100k uk pounds it got the house im sitting in right now cash no morgage i new that disruption/innovation was coming and i said a 1000 times over nintendo is a sleeping dragon wen she awakes sony are screwed AGAIN i was ignored finding seans web site was a blessing i didnt realize there was others like me i actualy felt alone in my wisdom <br /><br />i was like nintendo shares will sky rocket ps3 will crash sony and noone would listen to me like i was the crazy guy in the village <br /><br />look who was right all along <br /><br />at first i thought sean malstrom had red my beliefs then copied them i soon realized it wasnt the case i was talking gaming and nintendo and innovation he was talking disrution purly in the bussiness sence....i agree 3ds is disrupting ps3 3d and sony its obvious <br /><br />3ds has x360/ps3 like abilitys/it has dsi like abilitys/it has psp like abilitys/it has wii like abilitys/it has honest to god it works 3D that is simply not comparable to ps3 psp and x360 <br /><br />why bother with ps3 and tv sets and bluray this and that wen the 3DS offers 3d movies and programmes fully ds dsi backward play all new high powered graphics and 3d motion sencing cameras and analog stick its like a wii meets ps3 in the palm of your hand <br /><br />it is as sean says the ENDGAME iwata is saying next wii most likley 3D i think wen full size 3d tv sets start to come thru i.e 2012 is wen we may see wii 2 what the huck is i dont yet know maybe it will be wii backward compatable but also ds dsi 3ds compatable also and my hybrid dream will come true i think the days of stand alone home consoles are dieing it has to be a hybrid surly <br /><br />lol fine articleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com